PmDavis300 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 anyone know anything? i could see the smoke from 35E in white bear lake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunrevir Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Fairly large grass fire. There were four or five different FD's responding and a National Gaurd helicopter coming in for support. Due to the heavy winds and difficult terrain they were having a hard time keeping up to it. 8-10 residences in the potential path were evacuated with the FD's running interference. A half dozen FD's were on the scene and from the dissipating smoke appear to be gaining ground on the fire. It is about 2 miles west of my house and moving to the southeast. They are investigating it as an arson fire due to the suspicious nature of how and where it started. That's about all I know at this time.Tunrevir~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PmDavis300 Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 thanks so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here-Kitty-Kitty Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 So what bigfoot is loosing his house right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish with teeth Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 that explains it bigfoot was playing with matches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugieAngler1010 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I bet the Bigfoot chasers will be out in force now that Bigfoot might be cornered in a smaller area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here-Kitty-Kitty Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 The sad thing is your all right. Well ok maybe or maybe not the matches bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish with teeth Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 that or the smoke and flames will chase him out. be sure to watch the roads for sightings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishermusk Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Sounds like a firefighter started it intentionaly, must have been looking for a little overtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom7227 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I sort of wonder why it's a big deal other than the possible risk to houses. I've read ton's of articles about how the oak savannah needed occasional fires to keep things in check. I don't know what they do in Carlos Avery for habitat managment so maybe this isn't needed in this area.BTW - for as little as volunteers get paid per call I doubt the guy was looking to make money. As they say he probably has other 'issues'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishermusk Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I agree on both of your statements. The DNR does do some controled burns out there, but they won't do controlled burns that burn wiregrass swamps or that go through wood lots. I think they could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here-Kitty-Kitty Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I missed out on who started it. Whats going on now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom7227 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 News reports only that a fireman has been arrested for starting it. SHort story without any details. I don't know if the fire has flared up again today or not but last night they speculated that it would. The winds yesterday made it just impossbile to do anything to stop the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunrevir Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Here is what I know right now. The fireman that was arested for allegedly starting the fires is from Forest Lake and has been a volunteer for a few years. He also owned the local Ford dealership which went under this past year due to some financial issues. The guy has had a tough year and we are wondering if he didn't just kinda go off the deep end a bit. He has been active in the community and given his time in many area functions in the past but has been kind of keeping a low profile since the dealership went under, untill all of this came up. Hard to say what his frame of mind was or what the motivation was to start the fires. I feel bad for his friends and family. Thankfully, no one was hurt or lost a house.Tunrevir~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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